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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Night Before Christmas
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| |  | Designed by Hayden Griffen. Devised and choreographed by David Bintley, from the play by Harold Brighouse
Michael O’Hare, Karen Donovan, Desmond Kelly, Sandra Madgwick, Chenca Williams & Anita Landa Birmingham Royal Ballet Orchestra & The Birmingham Royal Ballet, Barry Wordsworth Recording Date: 1992
Place of recording: Studio Recording
Picture Format: 4:3
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
“Hobson's Choice is not only one of the most enjoyable ballets created in recent years, but also perhaps the most successful collaboration too, since choreographer, composer and designer are equally matched, and all measure up to give their starting point, the play by Harold Brighouse (a hit for 90 years now), a new lease of life.” The Independent | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7
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| |  | Arnold: Clarinet Concertosand works by Maconchy and Britten
“A very welcome bargain reissue of one of Thea King's most inspired recordings” The Guardian | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“A gripping score. This exciting recording of such a rich creation brings the atmosphere of the stage leaping out of the speakers” Birmingham Post “Commissioned by the Stuttgart Ballet, choreographed by David Bintley, Edward II is McCabe's third ballet score, and draws its story-line from Christopher Marlowe's eponymous drama and the medieval courtly satire, Le roman de Fauvel.
Quite apart from the meaty intrigue, complex character relationships and psychological pathos of the plot, McCabe's music communicates with a captivating expressive fervour. It isn't just the superbly judged orchestration (colourful extras include triple woodwind and electric guitar) and wealth of memorable invention that impress.
Above all, it's his ability to forge his tightly knit material into a dramatically convincing and organically coherent whole that marks him out as a composer of exceptional gifts. No praise can be too high for Barry Wordsworth's fluent, pungently theatrical direction, not to mention the unstinting application of the excellent Royal Ballet Sinfonia. The excitingly truthful sound allies razor-sharp focus to a most pleasing bloom, too.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Absolutely first-rate... among the freshest, most beautifully played performances that you can get anywhere, wonderfully recorded.” The Guardian, March 1991 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Opera Without SingingIncludes works by Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Puccini, Verdi
Opera has entrenched itself in popular consciousness thanks to the much publicised concerts of The Three Tenors, outdoor stagings of such operatic blockbusters as Aida and Turandot, opera concerts in the park, not to mention their ready incorporation into television advertisements - be it a British Airways aircraft floating in the clouds to the Lakme Flower Duet or an Italian mamma making a steaming pasta sauce to the sounds of the Anvil Chorus from Verdi's Il Trovatore. What's important is these defining moments in opera - tear-jerkers many - speak a universal language. Perhaps the public at large doesn't know about Turandot's riddles and Calaf's dilemma, but they would be hard pressed not to recognise "Nessun dorma". This collection, then, brings together those operatic apexes without the words - just the tunes, gloriously played by orchestra. An extremely popular CD at full price, this now returns by popular demand to the catalogue - and at super-budget price. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Vaughan Williams - Orchestral Works
“The sound of the LSO strings in 1910 must remain largely a matter of conjecture but this beautifully textured account on gut-string instruments cuts to the heart of the score and Wordsworth's impeccable Boultian pedigree is evident throughout.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | A Guided Tour of Nationalism in the Romantic Era, Vol. 7
Tatjana Franova (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jana Valaskova (soprano), Christine Brewer (soprano), Ding Gao (baritone), Marietta Simpson (contralto), John Aler (tenor), Maria Kliegel (cello), Ilya Kaler (violin), Stefan Veselka (piano), Christian Kohn (piano), Silke-Thora Matthies (piano), Havard Gimse (piano), Helge Kjekshus (piano), Henning Kraggerud (violin), Oystein Birkeland (cello), Erling Ragnar Eriksen (piano), Bodil Arnesen (soprano), Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moyzes Quartet, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Washington Chorus, Washington Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vlac, Barry Wordsworth, Antoni Wit, Johannes Wildner, Robert Shafer, Marin Alsop, Zdenek Kosler, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Michael Halasz, Camilla Kolchinsky, Bjarte Engeset | 
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